"Finally!" (I don't hear you say) "A new dispatch is out". This week I look at what counts as a luxury or a need while putting up a huge polytunnel, revisit EF Schumacher on “enoughness”, explore living cider, delve into music, photography, porridge & more. documentally.substack.com/p/scrutinisi...

Incredible. £100,000 broken in less than 5 hours. Thousands have donated. #HopeIsHere

I am meant to be writing my newsletter but instead I drew a Cool S in 11.62 seconds. Your go... vole.wtf/cool-s/

Ooo.. it's Friday tomorrow. That crept up.

Well wearing AirPods every waking moment of the day eventually increase the diameter of your ear canal? Asking for a friend.

I’ve just been followed by multiple accounts with thousands of followers who are sharing the same content in exactly the same order. Is this some kind of a new bot building infestation?

A thread remembering Mani and a wonderful insight into a passionate musician who inspired so many.

This post is not about how to clean solar panels. (It’s just something I needed to do mid writing). It’s about all kinds of stuff. Including resilience, Bob Dylan, Cocktails, and a bunch of other random stuff. open.substack.com/pub/document...

What you can’t hear in this photograph is #DeepPurple playing close to full volume within the room. It’s been a while and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I’m ashamed to say I forgot how bloody good they are.

The guys from #Budwud Ltd have been grafting on behalf of @np-polytunnels.bsky.social to build our new polytunnel. It’s shaping up nicely.

#NowPlaying a reissue of #Boltthrower Warmaster. Fun fact. I posed for the album cover. Not the hero with the bloodied sword, the impailed guy. I'll share the story tomorrow in Documentally.net. RIP the artist Pete Knifton. #GamesWorkshop #DeathMetal #Vinyl

@mattdinniman.bsky.social hi Matt, who’s your agent? I’d like to chat with them about a possible interview when you’re in Glasgow.

Walking the dog looking at the snow capped Cheviots.

Cheeky… Scotland ‘smallest pub’ on the left is connected to another larger one on the right. Feels like one massive pub to me.

In Edinburgh at Gladstone's Land (over 500 years trading) Grabbing a coffee before heading to a meeting with the museum’s treasure trove department. app.foursquare.com/share/checki... (Gladstone's Land 477B Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 2NT, GB)

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re Northern Polytunnels, makers of Britain’s toughest polytunnels since 1969. Thanks to @documental.ly for the nudge to join. Excited to meet more growers, gardeners and fellow weather-battlers.

Remember when if you wanted to play a new computer game but were out of pocket money, you'd have to dig out a magazine and transcribe one. I remember this exact mag... worldofspectrum.org/archive/maga... #Spectrum, #Coding, #RetroGaming

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

See Bob Dylan live ☑️

Posting this early as I’m off to a gig in Leeds… documentally.substack.com/p/eudaimonia...

“People disagreeing everywhere you look makes you wanna stop and read a book. ” ― Bob Dylan

#NowPlaying Highway 61 Revisited. The point where Bob Dylan goes full electric. A messy, brilliant, game changer. Can you believe the album is 60 years old? I'm always drawn to the Nikon SP rangefinder hanging in the background. All going to plan I'll be in the same room as Dylan tomorrow. #Vinyl

#NowPlaying. Underrated early-70s melodic prog rock. The proudly eccentric Greenslade, with two keyboardists and no guitarist. Smooth textures, jazz touches and meandering instrumental detours. A quirky charity shop find. Not bad for a fiver. #Vinyl

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

Are there no bounds to their influence? One minute I'm reading @sizemore.bsky.social and @hinchcliffe.bsky.social's brilliant Substack featuring heist movies and the next moment this drops into my inbox from #Quadlock. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hey musicians of Bluesky! I’m shifting the bulk of my income generation to my mastering service and I’m looking to develop new relationships. If you want to test me out, send me something and I’ll master it for free. No obligation. Just reply below

The start of a journey. Just took delivery of an EasyBuild #Polytunnel from #NorthernPolytunnels. And it might be that I’m the first person too use the hashtag.

Happy lunchtime…

Do you change your voice when posting to LinkedIn? I started this one as me, then imagined I'd combed my hair put on a tie and was standing in front of a whiteboard holding a dry marker. www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...

Why I don't use #WhatsApp documentally.com/between-conv...

Almost 3000 words. Some good ones. And pictures. I share things I found out in a DNA test and got a call from a Museum that thinks I may have found some actual treasure. open.substack.com/pub/document...

For a moment there I thought I could listen to get past the paywall. It did play way more than was shown in text though. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

@leximcmenamin.com there’s some really interesting chat on Mastodon about how you could gather the others and set up a new publication. Not sure how you feel about Substack but it could be great starting point. I know a few people on there (myself included) that would help boost any launch there.

“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” - Pre internet proverb. (It's content-ment.)

I'm going to be real, games media are just not interested in the Rocky Horror PS5 launch . I couldn't get a single one to cover it. 😟 I don't want to speculate on the reasons, but we need whatever help we can get to get the word out that it's now on PS5, with a big update on Steam & Switch too. 💘🫦

#NowPlaying Primal screen. If they move kill em. #Vinyl

Thanks to @documental.ly substack (which I’ve been a paid reader for years) I’ve just read this sobering account about Superintelligent AI. I haven’t felt this way since walking out of the cinema after seeing “The Day After” in 1983. I’m just much older and have less life to miss out on this time.

It takes effort to find meaning. More effort than a thumb scroll. documentally.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...

I’m not sharing this with a linkbaity title because you’re better than that. You are one of the curious ones and know only too well where the treasure lies… Joyous Samhain! open.substack.com/pub/document...

In the den writing my weekly dispatch on documentally.net Might get a fire going later, feed the spirits and practice a little divination.

Hello Monday. It’s been a wonderful but exhausting weekend away… Now what kind of shenanigans have you waiting for me in the form of a list?

I know what you're thinking… You're thinking “YES it’s out!.. I really must click on the link to read it... then share it far and wide!” & I thank you for that. I knew you were the curious sharing type. open.substack.com/pub/document... #writing #photography #metaldetecting #tech #hamradio #cats

“Ring’s new partnership with Flock shows that the company is more interested in contributing to mounting authoritarianism than servicing the specific needs of their customers,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @ArsTechnica.com. arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...

Techno-capitalism’s greatest triumph has been mastering the art of turning anxiety into growth. The more lost we feel, the more it thrives.

Morning.

Yes I have an eclectic #vinyl collection. #NowPlaying

Photos of John Grant at @boilershop.bsky.social in #Newcastle www.flickr.com/photos/chris... #Photography

If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew to stop using titles and honors, including the Duke of York.